Notices by older@wandering.shop, page 2

@taiyo oh another one in Totoro when they meet the ばあちゃん not only does it weirdly name her "Nanny" (in English!) but the dad says "ella cuida la casa - y por supuesto a Uds" or something like that and - WHAT? no? that makes no sense?

@taiyo YES I am so angry at some of their choices.

annoyed to report that the translation for the Spanish dubs of Totoro is EVEN WORSE than the English one

current status: making everyone in my house watch Kiki in Japanese as Miyazaki intended

Proposed new rules for the international system:
1. No territorial gain from external military aggression will ever, under any circumstances, be recognized as legitimate. Heads of State initiating such aggression will also be deemed illegitimate & will be held liable for full costs of such aggression.

I'm rereading The Pushcart War for reasons and am reminded again how it is not only science-fiction (set in the future!) and formally inventive, but also is a manual for collective action, resistance, protest, that is very relevant today. So here's a thread:

https://geektyrant.com/news/the-most-anticipated-sci-fi-and-fantasy-books-releasing-in-march-2023-according-to-goodreads-members

?New academic book chapter out!? "WHAT DISASTER RESPONSE CAN TEACH US ABOUT DEMOCRACY IN THE ANTHROPOCENE" in How Democracy Survives: Global Challenges in the Anthropocene, Michael Holm, R. S. Deese Eds. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.4324/9781003218586/democracy-survives-michael-holm-deese